Bevo’s Daily Roundup: After Sarkisian, Beard hires, new era underway for Texas athletics

It takes money to win football and basketball games. Money, of course, talks.

And when it does, for the Texas Longhorns, the best coaches tend to walk ... in our direction.

That’s the point behind a new piece of commentary in 247Sports, which highlights the very big, very pretty paychecks it took ($54 million and $34 million, respectively, to get the Sarkisian and Beard eras underway, not to mention the $25 million in buyout money needed for Tom Herman to officially leave town) to make it happen. As 247Sports notes, “If 2013 was the low point of Texas turning on itself in a desperate attempt to hang on or reclaim its success in the first decade of the 2000s – the Golden Age of Longhorns’ athletics – then there’s a good chance we’ll look back at 2021 as the point when UT athletics regained its mojo.”

Let’s hope so. To read the full story, click on the link.

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: UT’s Reese will still keep them laughing

247Sports: Morning Brew: Insider nuggets from Texas’ first full pads spring football practice

247Sports: Longhorns ready to ‘coach the guys we have’ at inside linebacker

247Sports: Attrition, injuries create cloud of uncertainty for wideouts in spring practice

247Sports: Jeff Banks explains what ‘All Gas No Brakes’ means to him at Texas

Inside Texas: What have we learned from spring ball so far?

Inside Texas: Gameplan: Can Texas find a go-to wide receiver?

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Texas WR Preview: How will Sarkisian unlock the Longhorn wideouts?

Texas S Tyler Owens teases apparent move to LB

Texas RB Preview: Horns may have elite duo in Bijan Robinson, Roschon Johnson

The Longhorn Republic goes deep on recruiting

Ivan Melendez remains on fire as No. 4 Texas trounces Stephen F. Austin, 9-1

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: Five prospects Texas should evaluate this spring

247Sports: Mike at Night: More 2023 prospects expected to visit in June

247Sports: Longhorns face a tough challenge in the race for Jacoby Mathews

247Sports: Four-star running back Tavorus Jones discusses Texas interest, relationship with Stan Drayton

247Sports: Thoughts from a recruiting trip to El Paso

247Sports: Four-star two-sports standout Robby Snelling resets his recruitment

247Sports: Five-star shooting guard KJ Lewis intrigued by new Texas staff

Inside Texas: Recruiting Matters: Robby Snelling is a Reno rarity

Inside Texas: IT Hoops: Recruiting extravaganza

Inside Texas: Just In Time Evening News: North Shore prospects, Cozart, Patton

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

247Sports: Ten teams that can knock off Baylor in 2022

Viva the Matadors: Red Raiders welcome TCU to town for a top 10 heavyweight bout

Frogs O’ War: Vanderbilt guard, Houston native Maxwell Evans transferring to TCU basketball

Crimson and Cream Machine: Oklahoma Basketball: Porter Moser is the man for the moment

The Smoking Musket: Season’s over — let the bullsh*ting begin

The Smoking Musket: Bob Huggins weighs in on ‘slimy creatures’ and the transfer portal

Rock Chalk Talk: Travis Goff press conference notes

WHAT WE’RE READING

SB Nation: Kevin Durant scores 17 in ‘perfect’ return as Nets blow out Pelicans, 139-111

SB Nation: Finding the perfect fit for the NFL Draft’s top QBs

NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND

• Texas baseball kicks off a triple header against Kansas State tonight. Expect more of this: